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Album: Meddle
# Song Title   Time
1)    One of These Days More Info... 0:06
2)    A Pillow of Winds More Info... 0:05
3)    Fearless/You'll Never Walk Alone More Info... 0:06
4)    San Tropez More Info... 0:03
5)    Seamus More Info... 0:02
6)    Echoes More Info... 0:23
 
Album: Meddle
# Song Title   Time
1)    One of These Days More Info... 0:06
2)    A Pillow of Winds More Info... 0:05
3)    Fearless/You'll Never Walk Alone More Info... 0:06
4)    San Tropez More Info... 0:03
5)    Seamus More Info... 0:02
6)    Echoes More Info... 0:23
 
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  • MEDDLE was the first album to hint at the musical identity that would define Pink Floyd in the mid- to late-'70s. Whereas prior releases like UMMAGUMMA and ATOM HEART MOTHER announced the presence of new singer/guitarist/songwriter David Gilmour, MEDDLE represents the band's Gilmour-influenced evolution toward a sleek, epic, spacey sound. In "Echoes," an ambitious 23-minute soundscape, the pinging of a synthesizer greets the listener before Gilmour's warm, open guitar and gentle crooning gives way to a repetitious, workmanlike rhythm. From here, the music fades into an abyss of whale calls and eerie sonic reverberations.
  • Elsewhere, Floyd dabbles with straightforward cocktail-hour jazz ("San Tropez") and a twisted slow blues ("Seamus"). But it is "One of These Days," MEDDLE's opening track and lone radio staple, that truly previews things to come. Roger Waters's bass, played through a Binson echo unit, establishes the song's manically hypnotic groove, as Richard Wright's synthesizer bursts in and out, Nick Mason's off-kilter drum fills get tossed around, and Gilmour's guitar dive-bombs through it all. These varied sound effects, packaged in a song that clocked in at less than six minutes, were a precedent for the masterpiece that was two years away: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (1/6/72, p.70) - "...not only confirms lead guitarist David Gilmour's emergence as a real shaping force with the group, it states forcefully and accurately that the group is well into the growth track again..."

Q (10/94, p.137) - 3 Stars - Good - "...The four were at their most collectively prolific at this time..."
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